Nichole Haines
Alan wanted to escape from the LABOON city…. He wanted to revert all of that to the previous old version of the world where there was far less chaos, according to him. He always kept on thinking ways how to escape, get out and find a way to create a new world. To end that devastation. Yes, according to him, the world was now a devastation. He was only 21 years old boy who neither had any powers nor had enough resources to end all of this. Though the Q city was entirely safe, no beast or disease attacked the people. Only those things were now attacking people which people or scientists have created out of their mistakes. Like those oversize ants known as ‘little devils’. The ‘little devils’ kept on eating people on and off whenever they would get a chance. The Old Nicks were also helpless in controlling them. Though they had succeeded to some extent. There was a state of constant fear in the eyes of elders and children remained silent most of the time. There laughs were suffocated as many had witnessed their loved ones being devoured by these
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horrible creatures. The city was doomed. There was an annual grand event that happened in LABOON when summers ended and winters would begin to start, all the people of city would gather in a big stadium situated in the center of the city and pray to the god of wishes; the ‘zeeliehh’ while holding each other’s hands. Though people were not allowed to believe in one God that had been a question and source of worship for their ancestors, now people believed in gods of emotions only. They would fulfill the souls of people. Especially in this era of advanced technology filled with robotics and strange machines, people would find peace while worshiping these gods. Alan had gone to that event too. He wished from the Zeeliehh to grant him enough courage to escape from this city. He had started a closed group chain where people like him thought they would be happy outside this city and where finally they would feel the real happiness. So, they, together had made a plan to escape from the city. Alan, murphy, xandra, Yogi, and Lama. They were five friends. They had been planning now for months to escape to the forest, through the great vastness of long long road which led to the great ocean, the Redzier and finally across the ocean to the other side of the world. They had picked a specific day. They were about to leave the city at midnight when dust spies would least suspect any suspicious activity. They had also been talking to the soul of Yudha with the help of yoko, the device which helped to talk with the dead. Yudha was the oldest soul that has died centuries ago and he knew a lot about almost everything. They had been taking guidance from dead Yudha’s soul. ‘There are these crazy thoughts which I get every morning but I’m not allowed to discuss them openly
with anyone. If anyone ever found out, it will cost me my life. But I guess death maybe a better option than to live in such a miserable place.” Alan thought to himself while preparing for the day. Lama was also a girl who loved nature. “Our world is so much devoid of pure nature. It feels like we are trapped in our own dome that can create nature and make oxygen for us to breath. To fulfill our living needs and to feel fresh. Though it’s only a use of technology. Nothing here is truly made of nature. Everything is created by humans.” She would often say. Murphy was a boy who loved the concept of spirituality. “By our ancestors who go against God. Against the nature and created their very own residences. Where no life is free to feel the presence of God. Only civilized people are meant to live here.” He would say. Alan sometimes wanted to share all his messy thoughts with his friends. How he had come to think of escaping. How he had developed that vision? They only knew what he told them. And that was only half the truth… ***